Tag: Tactical Robots

Special Units

Massachusetts State Police Robot Shot During Barricade Incident

The troopers were told by officers on the scene that the suspect had fired on them with a rifle. The troopers decided to deploy robots. They sent two PacBot 510 tracked robots and a SPOT four-legged robot dog, “to assist in locating the subject."

March 28, 2024

Technology

Axon Acquires Belgian Aerial and Ground Tactical Robot Producer

Sky-Hero's products will augment the existing Axon Air portfolio, which includes drone operations software and hardware from leading third-party providers and professional services, the company says.

July 17, 2023

Technology

San Francisco Officials Change Mind, Prohibit Use of Deadly Force by Police Robot

Pressure from activists caused board members such as Gordon Mar (D) to publicly switch their positions ahead of Tuesday’s vote. Mar said Tuesday that he had grown “increasingly uncomfortable” with the precedent the policy would set for other cities.

December 7, 2022

Technology

San Francisco Police Can Now Use Robots for Potentially Deadly Force

In a statement, the department said in part, "While an explosive charge may be considered an intermediate force option, it could potentially cause injury or be lethal. Robots equipped in this manner would only be used in extreme circumstances to save or prevent further loss of innocent lives."

November 30, 2022

Patrol

How Robots are an Effective Tool for Law Enforcement

Robots have the capability to save lives of officers, citizens, and suspects. That's why they can be essential equipment for your agency.

November 25, 2020

Technology

Massachusetts State Police Briefly Tested Robot Dog

The Massachusetts State Police reportedly tested a robot dog produced by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics for three months from August to November.

December 2, 2019

Special Units

147 Robotics Launches Mamba Tactical Robot

147 Robotics has unveiled its new Mamba Tactical Robot. It's built from the ground up to help augment the capabilities of law enforcement.

May 21, 2019

Technology

Transcend Tactical Introduces Mobile Gas Deployment System for Robots

Transcend Tactical has launched a gas deployment system that can be added to its Vantage robot to deploy two hot or cold gas grenades remotely and with mobility.

May 2, 2019

Technology

FLIR Systems to Acquire Endeavor Robotics

FLIR Systems Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Endeavor Robotic Holdings Inc., a leading developer of battle-tested, tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) for the global military, public safety, and critical infrastructure markets.

February 13, 2019

Technology

Robots: Remote Control Recon

Technology available to law enforcement agencies has vastly changed how officers conduct operations. And robots are a large part of this advancement.

November 16, 2018

Special Units

Improving SWAT Operations

Experts say the chance for positive outcomes during tactical team callouts will increase with better selection of team members, organization of teams, training of operators and commanders; and with more effective use of equipment and technology.

August 8, 2018

Special Units

SWAT in the 21st Century

Equipment, tactics, and technology are obvious changes in SWAT, but there have been much more subtle developments in SWAT philosophy, especially in terms of training and standards.

August 3, 2017